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Collaborators Or Friends: Longitudinal Analysis Of Behavioral And Performance Outcomes Of Social Ties In Academic ScienceKiopa, AgritaAcademic and Scientific NetworksDynamic Network Analysis, Academic Networks, Hierarchical Models, Friendship Ties, Ego‐centered Networks, Advice NetworkTHURS.AM1Social capital theory suggests that people invest in one another to gain future access to valued resources. In the academic setting, getting sound advice oncareer development, as well as substantive feedback on research can be important in navigating and progressing in an academic career. However, whetherindividuals actually gain the recourses embedded in their networks depends on their strategic action as well as on the willingness of their contacts to sharethese resources. For example, some may feel more comfortable turning for assistance to individuals with whom they have social ties, and may feel sociallyobligated to give advice to friends when assistance is needed. Drawing from a national and longitudinal NSF‐funded study of academic scientists, this paperexamines the personal advice‐network ties of academic scientists and seeks to understand how perceived friendship with their colleagues influences adviceseekingbehavior. In particular, it predicts that those ties where friendship is present will affect scientists’ behavior in systematic ways and will result in moreresources and better career outcomes, then those ties that are professional only. Preliminary findings show that friendship is present in about one third ofscientists’ advice ties regardless of gender. Assistant professors have fewer friends in their advice networks than do more senior faculty, and native‐born UScitizens have more friends in their advice networks than naturalized US citizens and foreign nationals. Further, findings show that while friendship encouragesadvice seeking behavior and results in more mobilized resources from these network ties, its effect on career outcomes varies by its type.Combining Governance And Structure: The Effectiveness Of Dutch Crime Prevention NetworksMannak, Remko S.; Cambre, Bart; Raab, JoergOrganizational NetworksQualitative Approaches, QCA, Inter‐organizational Networks, Whole Networks, Interorganizational Networks, Public OrganizationsFRI.AM1The study investigates the relationship of network structure (network integration and external control), network context (resource munificence and stability)and network governance with network effectiveness. The model of Provan and Milward (1995) on the effectiveness of designed and goal directed interorganizationalnetworks is hereby extended and tested on the basis of 39 networks in the area of crime prevention (Safety Houses) in the Netherlands. Tencases are analyzed in depth through document study, interviews, observations and a survey among network participants. For the other 29 cases, semistructuredinterviews were conducted with the network managers. The data for all 39 cases was analyzed using crisp‐set Qualitative Comparative Analysis(csQCA). Results show two different configurations of network effectiveness. Effective networks have been in existence for at least 3 years, show a high degreeof stability and are centrally integrated. In addition, they either have considerable resources at their disposal or have been set up with a networkadministrative organization. The results therefore confirm core insights by Provan and Milward's earlier study but show that financial resources can becompensated by administrative resources (or vice versa). Results also indicate that inter‐organizational networks need considerable time before they canfunction effectively.